(PC) Barnes v. Van Ness

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 ANTOINE DESHAWN BARNES, Case No. 1:20-cv-00625-NONE-EPG (PC) 9 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDING THAT CERTAIN v. CLAIMS AND DEFENDANTS BE DISMISSED VAN NESS, et al., (ECF NOS. 1 & 9) Defendants. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

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14 Antoine Barnes (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on May 1, 2020. (ECF No. 1). The Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF No. 9). The Court found that only the following claim should proceed passed the screening stage: Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment sexual harassment claim against Deputy Van Ness. (Id.). The Court allowed Plaintiff to choose between proceeding only on the claim found cognizable by the Court in the screening order, amending the complaint, or standing on the 23 …